we have known and public records show that sam bankman-fried, founder of ftx one one of the biggest donors in the country during the 2022 midterms. he has come out and said that in his estimation, he was also the second or third largest republican donor in the country, but he gave those donations in a way that was kept in his words dark. so generally that means donating through intermediaries or donating to dark money groups that cutouts that pass along money to political campaigns or party committees or super pacs. you know, it happens a lot in general, but, you know, his admission was just really brazen and, you know, it appears caught the attention of federal prosecutors which are now accusing him of criminal violations of campaign finance laws. the s.e.c. actually spelled out some details of it in their civil complaint, where they say he essentially commingled funds from his cryptocurrency trading